{"id":1824,"date":"2026-03-03T14:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dentalpro.pt\/en\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:54:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:54:54","slug":"international-award-honors-orthodontist-lucete-fernandes-faerovig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dentalpro.pt\/en\/2026\/03\/03\/international-award-honors-orthodontist-lucete-fernandes-faerovig\/","title":{"rendered":"International Award honors orthodontist Lucete Fernandes F\u00e6r\u00f8vig"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the heart of this distinction lies the research developed by F\u00e6r\u00f8vig over more than two decades, focused on patient-centered evaluation and the improvement of clinical outcomes in orthodontics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The awarded study is a multicenter randomized clinical trial comparing two surgical approaches \u2014 the closed technique versus the open technique \u2014 for the exposure of palatally impacted canines. The results make a significant contribution to evidence-based clinical practice, reinforcing the importance of patient-centered therapeutic decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award acknowledges not only Lucete Fernandes F\u00e6r\u00f8vig\u2019s solid academic career \u2014 which includes a degree in Dental Medicine from the University of Lisbon and a specialization in Orthodontics from the University of Oslo \u2014 but also her continuous contribution to international clinical research, with publications in leading journals and participation in globally relevant scientific conferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dewel Award will be presented during the annual meeting of the AJO-DO Editorial Board, held in conjunction with the annual session of the&nbsp;American Association of Orthodontists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucete Fernandes F\u00e6r\u00f8vig (Faerovig) holds a degree in Dental Medicine from the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Lisbon (1989) and a specialization in Orthodontics from the University of Oslo (1994\u20131997), where she currently serves as Assistant Professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has practiced exclusively in Orthodontics in Norway and Portugal since 1997 and has also conducted research as a Research Fellow at the University of Oslo. She is an Active Member of the Angle Society of Europe and a member of the Portuguese Society of Orthodontics and Dento-Facial Orthopedics (SPODF).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The award is presented by the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (AJO-DO) and annually recognizes outstanding work in the field of clinical research in Orthodontics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalpro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalpro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalpro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentalpro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentalpro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dentalpro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1826,"href":"https:\/\/dentalpro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824\/revisions\/1826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentalpro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalpro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentalpro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentalpro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}